Detachable-tooth cutter



C. G. CASHMAN.

DE TACHABLE TOOTH CUTTER.

APPLICATION mm APR.5, 1919.

1,340,474, Patented May 18,1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE a. cAsnmAN, or wAYNEsnoao, r'ENusYLvAmA, Assmuon 'ro CASHMAN' r001. comrAuY, or WAYNESBORO, rEmrsYLvAnrA, A CORPORATION or rmmsm' VANIA.

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I Application filed April 5. 1919. Serial No. 287,797.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE G. CASH- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waynesboro, Franklin county, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented and discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable-Tooth Cutters, of which the following is aspecification.

My said invention relates to cutters and more particularly to that class in which the cutting elements are not expansible.

The object of the invention is to provide a cutter of a construction which will permit of the easy insertion and withdrawal of the teeth and one in which only the element of friction is'employed to retain the said teeth in-their proper positions, and at the same time retain them in a rigid and secure manner, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

The invention has for its further purpose to provide a cutter employing the fewest possible number of parts, rendering it ex- I the cutter blades.

In the said drawings, the numeral 10 designates a cutter head composed of a rela-- tivelyheavy disk having formed integrally therewith a hub portion 11 bored to fit any suitable mandrel. The periphery of said disk is provided with a series of slots 12 whose planes are parallel with the axis in one direction and tangential to a circle intermediate the center and periphery. The

slots are formed with undercut or off-set teen hundred sity of any other fastening means and reduc ng the number of parts to a minimum. Owinlg to the cutters being positioned in paral el sm with the axis and at a tangent, the liability of the cutters becoming loosened is eliminated. 4

Having thus fully described In said invention, what I claim as new an desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i Y

1. A cutting tool comprising a plurality of cutters, each comprising substantially a blade having parallel surfaces, a bead .formed along one edge and a cutter head haying slots formed in parallelism with its axis of rotation and complementary to the cutter permitting the driving of the cutter into the slots by a movement in parallelism with the axis of rotation.

2. A cutting tool comprising'a plurality of cutters having substantially parallel walls, a cutting edge formed along one longitudinal edge of the cutter, a bead formed outstanding from the edge of the cutter opposite the cutting edge, a cutter head hav; ing slots in parallelism with the axiso'f rotation and formed complementary to the cutter permitting the cutter to be driven into the slot by a movement in parallelism with the bead.

3. 'A cutting tool comprising a plurality v of cutters having substantially parallel op posite walls with three edges of the cutter reduced to cutting proportions, a bead formed outstanding from one of the parallel walls along the fourth edge, a cutter head having a plurality of walls formed parallel with the axis of rotation in one direction and tangentiaLto a circle intermediate the periphery and center in opposite direction and with an offset proportioned to receive the head when the cutter is driven into the slot by movement in parallelism with the axis of rotation.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at \Vaynesboro, Pennsylvania, this 27th day of March, A. D'. nineand nineteen.

I CLARENCE c. CASHMAN. [a 8.] Witnesses H. D. Boon,

EDITH CASHMAN. 

